For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] April is National Poetry Month, which was first organized in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. We at the Chicago Review of Books are big fans of poetry, especially poetry in translation and published by small presses. To celebrate these incredible poets, translators, and presses, I’ve curated a list of some of my … Read more
[ad_1] In an apocalyptic, depopulated city, a young man named Bhu struggles to feed his ailing dog Lucy. Phan, the local pizza parlor owner, takes pity on Bhu and provides the meat Lucy needs so she can survive. But what exactly is in the meat? And how far is Bhu willing to go to save … Read more
[ad_1] Abbe, Jess, and Emma are physically separated but thankfully—with a little help from technology—they’ve been able to stay connected and talk about books! The Read it Forward book club pick of March, Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano, blew our editors away. Though it’s heartbreaking in many ways, it’s also beautiful and triumphant—it lives up to … Read more
[ad_1] There is an alarming timeliness to Katie M. Flynn’s debut novel The Companions: the book opens in a futuristic California during a quarantine lockdown due to a highly contagious virus that has killed large swaths of people. If you’re trying to avoid the terror of germs and health crises in general right now, don’t … Read more
[ad_1] When I was a graduate student, I enrolled in a medical ethics course, and one of the first things we discussed was the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. This was a twentieth-century effort to study the effects of syphilis in African-American men and resulted in hundreds of people not receiving adequate treatment simply to understand … Read more
[ad_1] The absence of companions can be marvelous: to be alone with one’s thoughts is ennobling and productivity-boosting, if centuries of ascetic saints and Very Serious Authors are to be believed. It can also be hell on earth, if you’re the sort of person who thrives on contact (or is holed up in The Overlook … Read more
[ad_1] Did you bingewatch Love is Blind as quickly as I did? Are you sad it’s over? It doesn’t have to be! Netflix aired a unique dating show earlier this year to test if love really is blind. Contestants went on speed dates, picked who they wanted to spend more time with, and have dates in pods … Read more
[ad_1] Life can be a lot. Between adult responsibilities and what’s going on in the world around us, sometimes we just need something to make us feel good. Thankfully, we’ve compiled a list of books to do just that. Whether it lets you escape to another place, reminds you of your own strength, or keeps … Read more
[ad_1] Check the back of any book totaling over 350 pages, and you’ll likely find a chorus of praises highlighting its length, including any variety of the nouns epic, saga, or odyssey paired with adjectives such as expansive, broad, or astounding. The long novel is commonly heralded for its achievements in scope, its ability to … Read more
[ad_1] It’s a dream many of us have had. Stepping through the gauzy curtains of the subconscious, we emerge in an unfamiliar place — a school, a restaurant, a church we’ve never attended — and, after an apprehensive look around, are approached by a strange person who calls us by name. Cue dread, perhaps even … Read more